kremasyon

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cremación, from Latin cremātiōnem.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kɾemasˈjon/ [kɾɛ.mɐˈʃon̪]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /kɾemasˈjon/ [kɾɛ.mɐsˈjon̪]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: kre‧mas‧yon

Noun

kremasyón (Baybayin spelling ᜃ᜔ᜇᜒᜋᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

1. cremation

Related terms

• krematoryo

 

See also

• pagsunog

Further reading

• “kremasyon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018